XVI. VITA^CEJE : AMPELO'PSJS. 



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in diameter, covered with a coria- 

 ceous integument, the flower not un- 

 pleasant. This, according to Torrey 

 and Gray, appears to be the original 

 F. vulpina of Linnaeus. 



Other Species of Vttis. The 

 American species have been consi- 

 derably reduced in number by 

 Messrs. Torrey and Gray ; but it 

 appears to us, that the reduction 

 might have been carried still farther. 

 Some species are described as na- 

 tives of the Himalayas, and 130 

 varieties are noticed by Rafinesque 

 in his Monograph of American Vines 

 (see Gard. Mag., vol. viii. p. 248.) ; 

 but they are not yet known in this 

 country. Indeed, from the appear- 

 ance of the above-described species 

 in the Hort. Soc. Garden, we are 

 much inclined to think they are 

 only varieties of the same species. 

 They certainly do not differ more 

 from each other than the known 

 varieties of the common cultivated 

 vine. 



187. PHb Tulpina. 



GENUS II. 



AMPELO'PSIS Michx. 



THE AMPELOPSIS. 

 Monogynia 



Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 159. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 632. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 694. 



Synonymes. Fltis sp. and Ci'ssus sp. ; Ampelosside, Ital. 



Derivation. Ampelus, a vine, and opsis, resemblance ; similarity in the habits of the species. 



Calyx almost entire. Petals 5, falling off separately. Stigma 

 Ovary not immersed in a di^k, including 24 ovules. (Dec. 



Gen. Char. 

 capitate. 

 Prod.) 



Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; palmate, pinnate, 

 or bipinnate. Flowers small. Tendriled climbers, natives of North Ame- 

 rica. The species in British gardens are two, of the easiest culture in any 

 common soil ; and one of them, A. ^ederacea, is among the most ornamental 

 of hardy climbers. 



.1 1. A. HEDERA V CEA Michx. The Ivy-like Ampelopsis, or Five-leaved Ivy. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 160. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633. ; Don's Mil'., 1. p. 694. 

 Synonymes. Hedera quinquef61ia Linn. Spec. 292. ; Fltis quinquefblia Lam. III. No. 2815. ; Cfssus 



Aederacea Ph. Fl. Amer. Sent. \. p. 170. ; Cissus quinquefblia Hort. Par. ; Fitis Aederacea Willd. 



Spec. p. 1182.; Ampelopsis quinquefblia Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. \. 114., and Tor. 8f Gray ; 



Vigne Vierge, Fr. ; Jungfern Reben, or wilder Wein, Ger.\ Vite del Canada, ttal. 

 Engravings. Cornut. Canad., t. 100.; and our fig. 188. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves digitate, of from 3 to 5 leaflets, that are stalked 

 oblong, toothed with mucronated teeth. Racemes dichotomously corym- 

 bose. (Dec. Prod.) A tendriled climber. Canada to Georgia. Stem 30 ft. 

 to 50 ft., or more. Introduced in 1629. Flowers yellowish green; June 



